The Cantatas of J. S. Bach
- Author: Dürr, Alfred
- Translator: Jones, Richard
For students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf —
Book
$254.00Special import
Contents
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction to Bach's cantatas
- 1 History of the cantata before Bach
- 2 Development of the Bach Cantata
- 3 Performance pratice in Bach's cantatas
- Part 2 Church Cantatas
- 1 Cantatas for the church year: Advent to Trinity
- 2 Cantatas for the church year: First to Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity
- 3 The Marian Feasts
- 4 The Feast of St John the Baptist
- 5 The Feast of the Archangel Michael
- 6 The Reformation Festival
- 7 Church and Organ Consecration
- 8 Council Elections
- 9 Weddings
- 10 Funerals
- 11 Various occasions
- Part 3 Secular Cantatas
- 1 Festive music for the courts of Weimar, Wessenfels, and Cothen
- 2 Festive music for the Electoral House of Saxony
- 3 Festive music for Leipzig University celebrations
- 4 Festive music for Leipzig council and school celebrations
- 5 Leipzig music of homage for nobles and burghers
- 6 Weddings
- 7 Various occasions
- Appendix: Doubtful and spurious cantatas
- Bibliography
- Indices
